And education watchdog Ofsted also inspected the schools, which resulted in five schools being placed into special measures.

Around 50 separate recommendations were made in the reports.

A specially formed cross-party board of the city council's Education and the Social Cohesion Scrutiny Committees met to discuss the reports into the schools controversy.

Coun Jones (Lab, Selly Oak) said the city was analysing all of the reports and would responde with an improvement plan in September.

She told the committee that she had already offered her resignation following the publication of the Kershaw report, but her offer was turned down by council leader Sir Albert Bore, who said the issues dated back to long before her tenure.

The meeting also heard from Stephen Rimmer, chairman of a council-led Review Group, which was formed in April.

He said: “My overall conclusion is there has been genuine concerns and fundamental issues around safeguarding.

"The crisis needs to be turned into an opportunity for civic leaders in Birmingham to take forward.”